5 Controversial Hotties

Rihanna: From her brutal ex-boyfriend (read: Chris Brown's alleged domestic abuse against her) to the kind of videos that would put pornstars and maybe even Madonna's theatrical antics to shame, today's Rihanna is a far cry from the once-sweet, innocent Barbadian girl who simply wanted to be a popstar.

Whether or not she always intended it to go this way, one thing is clear, she's embraced her 'bad girl' image and is going out of her way to defend and endorse her behaviour. She's always in the news for her countless inflammatory scandals.

Lady Gaga: This one is a no-brainer. It's often impossible to understand what message this perpetually-shocking fame monger is up to. Is she attempting to patronize art, make a statement against oppression or just shock her way into fame?

Her career has already been punctuated with her outlandish sartorial choices. And when she isn't draping herself with meat or wearing some seriously kinky bubble bath costumes, she's definitely spreading rumours about her own bisexuality or suing ice-cream parlors for debuting new flavors like 'Baby Gaga'—which has breast milk as one of its ingredients.

Madonna: There's a reason that this 50-something diva has always been cited as the undisputed queen of controversy—and that's because she is. No other personality in history has been quite so, well, voluntarily controversial as her and considering she's the only one on this list to have a 'top controversies' blog about her life, she'll always be a winner on this front.

If you don't know what exactly is controversial about Madonna, you might want to find something pointy and burst the bubble you're living in, but we'll humour you anyway. Think conical bras, sex on stage, songs about abortions, unseemly (and this is the most polite adjective we could think of) videos, best-selling books about sex and dates with men who could easily be her children, to name a few of the things Madonna has doled out to us over the decades.

Lindsay Lohan: Remember the adorable little 12-year-old who played the double role in Parent Trap all those years ago? Well, that little Lindsay Lohan is all grown up now. In the last decade alone, this stunning young actress has managed to court enough controversy to make Marilyn Monroe roll in her grave!

She's transformed from a child star into a haggard—and volatile—drug/alcohol addict, train wreck and kleptomaniac! While we feel sorry for her wasted talent and the innumerable court cases against her, she continues to get into more trouble and make headlines. Most recently, she was in the news because her father made a public revelation of taped phone conversations with her. Well, at least she can blame her problems on daddy issues.

Angelina Jolie: Yes, we're well aware that she has six children, a stable family, and years of charitable work under her belt. Still, Jolie can't shed her past the way a snake sheds its skin. She's tattooed herself to the point of no return, experimented with the hardest of drugs, had an openly-volatile relationship with her father and stolen men from the clutches of other women.

Did we mention that she had a very serious lesbian relationship in the past and wore a vial of Billy Bob Thornton's blood around her neck for a few years? Like we said, no amount of self-rebranding can cover her controversial past. And quite frankly, she's even sexier because of it.